Angela Smith (Basildon)
(seated and covered): On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. May I ask the Serjeant at Arms, through you, why it is taking so long to clear the Aye Lobby? Can the Serjeant at Arms be sent into the Lobby to see why the delay has occurred?

Mr. Deputy Speaker:
I shall keep an eye on the situation, but the length of time taken for the Division, 12 minutes, has not yet been excessive--it has taken one minute longer than the previous ones. Certainly, if any further time passes, I shall send the Serjeant in.
The House having divided: Ayes 42, Noes 139.

New clause 6

Gun Packs

'.--(1) A person does not commit an offence under section 1(1) if as a member of a gun pack:
(a) he hunts foxes with dogs for the purpose of culling, whether or not foxes are killed by dogs in the process, or
(b) he hunts an injured fox in order to kill it with dogs where it is reasonably believed by the person in control of those dogs to be the most effective method of killing it.
(2) In this section "Gun Pack" means any club or association registered with the Welsh Farmers Fox Control Association or any like Fox Control Association with similar purposes established in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland and which operates according to the code of practice prescribed by that Association'.--[Mr. Öpik.]Brought up, and read the First time.

New clause 18

Hunting beginning in the Republic of Ireland

'A person does not commit an offence under section 1(1) if he hunts a wild mammal with a dog on land in Northern Ireland in circumstances where his hunting of that mammal begins in the Republic of Ireland and continues over the border into Northern Ireland.'.--[Mr. Maginnis.]Brought up, and read the First time.